Mike Thrift

About Mike Thrift

Results driven IT sales professional with extensive experience in global, strategic and enterprise account sales as well as field leadership. I specialize in driving client success through solution-based approaches with an emphasis on financial value. At Island, I focus on leveraging my sales expertise and proven ability to build strategic partnerships to deliver meaningful outcomes for clients that range from IT security, like DLP and zero trust as well as secure application delivery, VDI, MDM and artificial intelligence. My mission is to address complex business challenges with tailored solutions, ensuring long-term client satisfaction and growth. Passionate about fostering collaboration, I thrive in dynamic environments where performance and corporate culture align to achieve shared goals.

Experience

1. Strategic Account Executive

   Island

   Oct 2025 — Present

Education

• MIT Professional Education

  Certificate, Applied Generative Artificial Intelligence for Digital Transformation

• University of Oklahoma

  n/a, Business Management

  2002 — 2004

• Oklahoma Christian University

  MBA, Business Administration, Management and Operations

  2005 — 2007

• University of Central Oklahoma

  BA, Business Management

  1996 — 2005

Skills

• Enterprise Software
• Sales Management
• Bmc Remedy
• Sales Process
• Managed Services
• Salesforce.com
• Sales Enablement
• Crm
• Itil
• Virtualization
• Direct Sales
• Disaster Recovery
• Telepresence
• Go-to-Market Strategy
• Avamar
• Outsourcing
• Network Automation
• IT Strategy
• Lan-Wan
• Sales Presentations
• Voip
• Channel Partners
• Data Center
• Storage
• Unified Communications
• Backup and Recovery Systems
• Sales Operations
• Professional Services
• Pre-Sales
• IT Service Management
• Business Service Management
• Sales
• Saas
• Data Domain
• Public Sector
• Cisco Technologies
• Business Alliances
• Business Intelligence
• Leadership
• Solution Architecture